Sunday, August 17, 2014

MM1: Maia and Blige



More characters from my Might and Magic I party. Sorry about the poor scan quality.

The first sketch is of my dwarven cleric Maia (named after the daughter of Atlas from Greek mythology). I specifically wanted to give her an unusual appearance, so I basically jumped forward a few games and used Might and Magic 3 for inspiration; her bizarre headpiece and slender stature are meant to be reminiscent of Terran dwarves. I also referenced Katsuya Terada for many other details of her costume; I particularly wanted to suggest connections to the game's sci-fi underpinnings, so Terada's industrial-influenced designs seemed like a great fit. Somehow she also wound up with Terra Branford's tights.

The gnome Blige was my party's robber; he's named for an NPC from Demon's Souls. (Pretty much all of my early parties have a Souls namesake tucked in there.) Most of the inspiration for his costume actually came from the second Black Adder series, which I happened to be watching at the time.

Here are their character sheets from the end of the game. I forgot to check these before drawing them, so I messed up a lot of details. I drew Maia in splint mail rather than chain, and Blige is completely missing his shield. Whoops.




Friday, August 8, 2014

MM1: Hargrimm and Rebecca


A couple of sketches of characters from my Might and Magic 1 party: Hargrimm the Knight (named after a character from Planescape: Torment) and Rebecca the Paladin (named after a starter cleric from World of Xeen and later sorceress in Heroes 1 and 2).

The Might and Magic games are pretty much my favorite series in gaming. I've been slowly playing through the whole thing, and I'd really like to draw all of my parties.

Here's how they look in-game!